Non-heat-conducting handle



(No Model.)

H. L. PALMER. NON HEAT CONDUCTING HANDLE.

N0. 410,671. Y Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

QWi/ mwwo 7 wavwew w UNITED STATES HENRY L. PALMER, OF BROOKLYN, NE\VYORK.

NON-=HEAT-CONDUCTING HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,671, datedSeptember 10, 1889.

Application filed May 4, 1889. Serial No. 309,559. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY Ii. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-l eat-Conductingilandles for Culinary Vessels; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in non-heat-conducting handles forculinary Vessels, and is hereinafter more fully described, and pointedout in the claims.

Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section of the handle A and a portionof a coffee-pot or other vessel 13, to which it is attached. Fig. 2 is aview in perspective showing a different mode of attachment.

The object of my invention is not alone to provide a non-heat-conductinghandle, for there are many such new in use; but my object is to providesuch a one which shall be so simple in construction and formed of material so cheap that culinary vessels of the cheaper sort may beprovided with a practically non-heat-condnoting handle.

That portion of the handle which thehand grasps when lifting a vesselthereby is formed in three pieces a c a of any non-heat-conductingmaterial, preferably of wood.

That portion of the handle by which it is attached to the vessel iscomposed of sheetmetal strips (Z (Z, bent at right angles at oneend,Fig. 1, so they may be riveted or otherwise firmly fastened to thevessel.

The pieces a a a are held together and firmly fastened to the strips (Zby a metal rod 0, which passes through the pieces and a hole in the endof the strips,and which is riveted or otherwise fastened at both ends.Said rod is slightly shorter than the three pieces together with thestrips, and the holes through which the rod passes in the pieces a and aare reamed out at the outer ends, so that when the rod is riveted noportion thereof projects, and the thumb, when placed against the piece ato steady the vessel when lifted, cannot come in contact with the rod.

The pieces a c a may be made in any desirable shape, and when inposition 011 the rod alternate with the strips. The pieces are ofsui'licient diameter to protect as much as possible the hand fromcontact with the metal strips.

The metal strips, preferably made of light sheet metal, have anadvantage over wooden connections, in that they can easily be bent intovarious ornamental shapes.

\Yhen the handle is to be attached as shown in Fig. 2, it is preferableto have the strips (Z jointed at i, so that the handle may be turneddown out of the way.

Having fully described my inventio11,wl1at I claim is 1. The combinationof the sheet metal strips (1, the non-heat-conducting pieces a a a", andthe rod 0, said rod passing through said pieces and strips alternatelyand riveted at both ends, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the sheet metal strips (Z, the non-heat-conductingpieces a a a the rod 0, and the vessel B, said rod pass ing through saidpieces and strips alternately and riveted at both ends, and said stripssecured to any convenient part of said vessel, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I ai'iix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. PALMER.

\Vitnesses:

JACOB G. CARPENTER, NEVILLE W. HcEvov.

